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Chicago Restaurant Week

Bust your belt and that unrealistic New Year’s resolution by attending Chicago Restaurant Week January 30-February 12, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! If you think of Chicago as a deep dish pizza parlor or a gyros hut, or a hot dog stand, think again. Chicagoland has […]

Fat Tuesday Celebration

Celebrate Fat Tuesday with Louisiana gumbo and music at Fitzgerald’s Night Club in Berwyn, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Fitzgerald’s Night Club, a nationally known, house of eclectic music, presents New Orleans trombonist Glen David Andrews and his band, and opening act Roy Rubenstein’s Chicago Hot […]

Cider Summit Chicago

Bring your love, sit beside her and sample cider at Cider Summit Chicago February 7 at Navy Pier, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Cider Summit Chicago will feature over 150 ciders, available in four ounce portions, from England, Scotland, France and Spain, as well as regional […]

Chicago International Puppet Festival

Bring the family to the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival January 14-25 and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival brings you multiple events and locations, including some of Chicago’s most iconic theaters. This is puppetry as art, a tradition in the United […]

Neil Simon’s “Laughter On the 23rd Floor”

Come to First Folio Theatre’s production of Neil Simon’s hilarious “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” opening January 28, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” is playwright Simon’s homage to the early days of television, when Simon broke in to comedy writing on […]

Chicago Cubs Convention

Fight the winter blahs by bringing the family to the 2015 Chicago Cubs Convention January 16-18 at the Sheraton Hotel expo center and stay at the nearby and (much more) affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Chicago Cubs Convention! Meet and greet Chicago Cubs players, coaches and […]

50 Shades: The Hilarious Musical Parody

Come to Chicago for laughs galore, as the hilarious “50 Shades!: The Musical Parody,” plays at the Broadway Playhouse January 13-18, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! f you live on planet Earth, you have heard of the titillating “best novel ever,” “Fifty Shades of Grey.” This […]

Cinderella

Bring the family for a holiday treat to see the National Touring company of the Broadway hit “Cinderella” opening at the Cadillac Palace Theatre December 16, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! With a great musical score by Broadway legends Rogers and Hammerstein, the “Cinderella” being presented […]

Fitzgerald’s Nightclub Christmas Show

Come to Fitzgerald’s Nightclub in Berwyn December 4 for the annual and insanely fun,  Ron and Naomi’s Christmas Special, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Chicago singer/songwriters Ron Lazzeretti and Naomi Ashley are a Fitzgerald’s staple whose annual just-for-laughs holiday show “rivals the Holiday Family Letter.” The […]

College Basketball at United Center

Join the pilgrimage of college basketball fans coming to the special United Center CBS Sports Classic double header, North Carolina vs. Ohio State and Kentucky vs. UCLA, on December 20, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! If you like college b-ball (this writer shares your passion), this […]